Oh, Maybe I should send my 706 to him.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: Accessible Transceivers


> Gerry,
>
> Of course the best way to support a vendor is to purchase their products.
>
> In the future, the hampod will be able to be programmed to work with other
> radios and accessories as long as the radio or accessory can provide a
> serial port on their product for the Hampod to interact with.
>
> In order for Rob to develop the software to be loaded in to the Hampod, he
> needs the piece of equipment in his possession in order to get it all to
> work.  Vendors will have to loan equipment, Rob will have to purchase
> equipment or maybe we can loan our own equipment for the good of the blind
> ham community.
>
> In fact, I sent Rob my Green Haren rotor controller so he could interface 
> it
> with the hampod.
>
> Rob does not have the resources to purchase all this equipment.  We need 
> to
> get involved if we want to see this continue.
>
> 73
>
> Howard #3
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerry Learry" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Accessible Transceivers
>
>
>> Wow, I am glad to hear that.  How can we support the designer and
>> manufacturer?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mike Cozzolino" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:56 AM
>> Subject: Re: Accessible Transceivers
>>
>>
>>> hello lou, you can tell where the compressor and mic gain are set
>>> with the ham pod but you are correct the alc is not accessible yet
>>> through the serial port.  i have my processor set at 22 and my mic
>>> gain set at 17 and once you know where the gains need to be set you
>>> really don't need the alc info.  and jim the radio does talk the info
>>> on the display, so if you are in rtty and you get a signal tuned in
>>> the speech speaks the words that are going across the display.  the
>>> adjustment is very critical which is the firmware in the radio not
>>> the hampod.  the hampod just reports what is on the display.  i have
>>> the hampod here also and was the first to have one because i worked
>>> with rob to get it going.  guess you could say i was his ginni pig
>>> smile.also what you should all know is that the hampod was not
>>> designed only for the k3, but it will eventually be made to read the
>>> info that is available on any radio that outputs the data to the
>>> serial port.  he will have to get his hands on each radio and modify
>>> the hampods firmware to work on that radio.  the hampod also has two
>>> inputs one for the radio and the other can be used to make your rotor
>>> talk or a wattmeter or any accessory that has a serial port and
>>> outputs the info to it.  so a hampod is really just beginning and
>>> will evolve into a great accessibility device.  guess that is all i
>>> can think of to tell you but lookout the hampod is here.  take care,
>>> c u 73 mike w6quv
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At 03:01 AM 8/23/2012, you wrote:
>>>>Jim,
>>>>
>>>>The Hampod has a doubletalk synth so everything it says is in that 
>>>>voice.
>>>>It does give excellent access to the K3 display and to the menus and I
>>>>can
>>>>attest that everything Armand says about Rob and his service are
>>>>absolutely
>>>>true.
>>>>
>>>>In the interest of accuracy, though, I should point out that there is 
>>>>one
>>>>thing we can't do with the hampod yet and that is setting audio input
>>>>levels.  This is not a hampod issue but rather a K3 issue.  That info
>>>>just
>>>>isn't available to the serial port yet.  I know Rob has been in contact
>>>>with
>>>>Elecraft about it and hopefully  it will be fixed soon.  There is no
>>>>doubt
>>>>though that the K3 performance and the hampod access makes an extremely
>>>>powerful package.
>>>>Lou Kolb
>>>>Voice-over Artist:
>>>>Radio/TV Ads, Video narrations
>>>>Messages On-hold:
>>>>www.loukolb.com
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:22 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: Accessible Transceivers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Hi Armand, man that Elecraft sounds terrific! The the hampod give
>>>> > you voice or CW output? I thought it was CW only, but you make it
>>>> > sound like the things speaks everything including when your
>>>> > dinner's ready and when you should  do your laundry etc.  Heck, I
>>>> > graduated from a Drake Tr-4c to a Kenwood Ts-480 with speech so I
>>>> > think that's the cat's meow.  Guess you'll have to bring the
>>>> > Elecraft to an a's game where we can meet up so I can check it
>>>> > out.  Smile! y73, Jim WA6EKS